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William Alvin Pittenger (December 29, 1885 – November 26, 1951) was aUnited States Representative fromMinnesota's 8th congressional district. He was born on a farm nearCrawfordsville,Montgomery County,Indiana and attended rural schools. Pittenger graduated fromWabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, in 1909, and fromHarvard Law School in 1912. He was admitted to the bar in 1912 and opened a law practice inDuluth, Minnesota.
Pittenger served as a member of theMinnesota House of Representatives from 1917 to 1920, and was elected as aRepublican to the71st and72nd congresses, serving from March 4, 1929, until March 3, 1933. He ran unsuccessfully for reelection in 1932 and resumed his practice of law in Duluth, Minnesota. He was again elected to the74th congress, in which he served from January 3, 1935, until January 3, 1937, but was defeated in his bid for reelection to the 75th Congress in 1936. He served again in the76th,77th,78th, and79th Congresses, from January 3, 1939, until January 3, 1947. In 1946 he lost his bid for re-election to the 80th Congress. He made one more attempt in 1950 to reclaim his old House seat, but was defeated 63% to 37%.
After his retirement from politics, Pittenger again resumed the practice of law, and died in Duluth, Minnesota, on November 26, 1951. He is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery.
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| Preceded by | U.S. Representative fromMinnesota's 8th congressional district 1929–1933 | Succeeded by General Ticket Adopted |
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| Preceded by | U.S. Representative fromMinnesota's 8th congressional district 1939–1947 | Succeeded by |
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